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2022-08-31
It’s no secret: RPGs are getting longer. Budgets are getting bigger, and developers are packing games with so much extra fun/tedium that you can spend hours in a game and miss entire systems. At one point, a long RPG was around 40 hours. My Persona 5 save (not Royal!) was around 112 hours. That’s insane!… Read More »
2022-08-26
Many of us will remember the early 2000s as a very fond era of gaming: HD didn’t exist yet, voice acting was uncommon, and many RPG series were thriving on Sony consoles. Unfortunately, this magical time would not last forever, and sadly we said goodbye to many wonderful series. However, following the boon of crowdfunding… Read More »
2022-08-24
Thankfully, you can start a virtual romance with the gentlemen (and ladies) featured in Birds of Paradise, a boy band themed visual novel from the developers of horror title Up All Night.
2022-08-20
As summer comes to a close, I’m already lamenting the loss of beautiful beach vacations and the warm weather. Plus, who doesn’t love the excuse to stay inside and play a lengthy RPG when it’s too hot? So, to help lessen the blow a little, we decided to get together and talk a little about… Read More »
Welcome to Part 2 of our Top 20 RPG Summer Towns feature! This time we visit some hot springs, great Zelda home towns, and even some real life British locations. Lonalulu – Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age by Wes Iliff If you enjoy summers at the beach, you’ll have a hard time… Read More »
2022-08-10
Michael Sollosi Tales of Xillia has a few things going against it. Its PS3-only release somewhat limits its audience, especially since the PS3 has a weaker overall library of games than the PS2, further scaring players away. But PS3 owners who seek out JRPGs and are at least Tales of-curious series are in for a… Read More »
One of the fondest memories of my youth is sitting at a friend’s house playing PlayStation and Nintendo 64 with him. One of the games we loved playing was Wild ARMs, a classic turn-based JRPG taking place in sprawling desert terrain. At the time, we had never seen anything like it and quickly became obsessed.… Read More »
2022-08-03
This will either be a difficult fact to visualise or a painful memory to recall, but the Nintendo Switch suffered a severe drought of RPGs for a good while after it launched. While we have been blessed by many solid releases in the years since, Octopath Traveler was one of the first must-have RPG exclusives… Read More »
2022-07-27
For anime and manga fans, the concept of the “isekai,” or “otherworld,” is an exceedingly popular narrative device. Of course, the idea isn’t exclusive to Japanese media, arguably dating back to Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Regardless of its place of origin, the core tenants of isekai stories remain: the protagonist, a resident of… Read More »
2022-07-24
July 24th, 2022: Our Top 25 Nintendo 3DS RPGs feature was originally published on October 10th, 2018. We’ve reposted it as a reminder, as players will no longer be able to add funds to their accounts for use on the 3DS eShop on August 29th, 2022. See all the details in our February coverage. When… Read More »
2022-07-15
It feels more than a little surreal to be sitting at my desk with an advance copy of Bitmap Books’ The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games next to me. If real life were more like Myst and books actually could link to other words, I think this title is a front runner for being an… Read More »
2022-07-13
The Outbound Ghost is a fantastic-looking indie RPG, inspired by the likes of the Paper Mario series and Undertale, set to release sometime in 2022! As someone who is really looking forward to the game, I was delighted to get the opportunity to chat with the title’s lead developer, Conrad Grindheim. We covered a wide… Read More »
2022-07-05
Frogs are fairly decent little creatures, and I think they deserve more time in the spotlight when it comes to video games and other entertainment. Thankfully, 2022’s Wholesome Direct answered our wishes with a glimpse of A Frog’s Tale, a musical RPG set in a pixelated world filled with adorable frogs and other animals.
2022-07-03
Cory Tischbein Playing Suikoden for the first time today is a little strange. Few series can boast a fanbase as devoted, with many claiming that some series entries surpass the heights of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Yet the series is dead — and has been for decades now in the U.S. The excitement I… Read More »
2022-06-22
With the recent release of the Radical Dreamers Edition of Chrono Cross, Radical Dreamers is now more widely visible in the gaming world, not to mention more readily available to the target RPG fan audience. But long before that, there was the definitive fan translation in 2003 (long after the original limited window the game… Read More »
2022-06-08
Last year at around this time, RPGFan Chapters was bringing you previews and a review for Bitmap Books’ A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games, a new release extremely relevant and dear to us here at RPGFan. Now, we have sudden announcements that Ron Gilbert is working on a new Monkey Island game (!!) and it’s… Read More »
Lucid has an experienced team on board, including industry veterans who have worked on titles such as Firewatch and The Longest Journey.
2022-06-01
A lot of us at RPGFan sometimes get fed up with how much male-centric narratives dominate the RPG landscape. All different types of people play RPGs, and we want the landscape to reflect that. That isn’t to say, of course, that there haven’t been a ton of amazing women in RPGs over the years. At… Read More »
Oh, we’ve got some amazing women here, too! Ranging from Yoko Taro (somehow) writing one of the best characters in video games to an all-time great from what many consider the best Final Fantasy game, there’s something here for everyone. Celes (Final Fantasy VI) by Audra Bowling Celes Chere is an incredibly memorable character. Seemingly… Read More »
Do you like Persona? Well, so do we, since we highlight not one, but two of the best characters from the franchise below (I have to mention Maya Amano here, too!) Along with that, we have great characters from some of our favorite WPRGs of the last decade along with more of the Xeno franchise.… Read More »
And you’ve finally come to the end of our list! Personally, I have to say how pleased I am that we managed to get Suikoden on this list so often: it’s certainly deserving! Don’t worry, though, some more of your favorites from Final Fantasy are here, too. Raquel Applegate (Wild Arms 4) by Neal Chandran… Read More »
2022-05-25
Touken Ranbu Warriors brings 15 of the beloved swords-turned-swordsmen of Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- into the third dimension in the latest of Warriors‘s storied line of collaboration titles. We had the opportunity to ask Touken Ranbu Warriors General Producer Mei Erikawa of Ruby Party and Producer Tomohiko Sho of Omega Force some questions about this exciting… Read More »
2022-05-21
The Iron Oath is a turn-based pixel-art mercenary-managing RPG *gasps in hyphens* that recently released into Early Access on Steam. As a game that’s still in development, we have been granted some first-hand insight into the process by none other than the developers themselves! Join us as we learn about the current state of Curious… Read More »
2022-05-19
Not much about the Immercenary‘s setting is ever made clear. The whole world of the game is a dimly lit laboratory with large computer consoles and a menacing reclining chair like at a dentist’s office. Two young technicians and a director are your only associates. As you initially enter the lab, the previous agent known… Read More »
2022-05-18
Glory Hunters will drop you into a vast Zelda-inspired world of achievement hunting that you’ll uncover through your actions.
